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The new season is finally here! The 2026-2027 NCAA College Football season officially kicks off with its first big weekend of games starting on Saturday, Aug. 23.
Starting on Saturday, Aug. 29, The first game of the season is North Carolina Tar Heels vs. TCU Horned Frogs at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, with a start time of 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT on ESPN.
Throughout the season, games broadcast live across ABC, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, CBS, CBS Sports Network, The CW, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, FOX, FS1, FS2, NBC, SEC Network, TBS, TNT and truTV, as well as livestreams on ESPN Unlimited, Paramount+, FOX One, Peacock and HBO Max.
Luckily, even without cable, you don’t have to miss any of the action. You can access games on NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX with affordable cable antennas, while college football games are also available to stream online on a variety of platforms, such as Sling TV and Hulu + Live TV. However, the best ways for cord-cutters to tune into the action is with DirecTV.
